Keywords:
Energy industries
;
Environment
;
Energy policy
;
Energy and state
;
Economic geography
;
Regional planning
;
Urban planning
;
Sustainable development
;
Environmental economics
;
Environment
;
Energy policy
;
Energy and state
;
Economic geography
;
Regional planning
;
Urban planning
;
Energy industries
;
Sustainable development
;
Environmental economics
;
Amerika
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Regionalentwicklung
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Umweltverträglichkeit
;
USA
;
Stadtökologie
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Manifest Destiny and the Growth of America: Cheap Energy and Spending Natural Capital -- The Myth of Urban Self Sufficiency -- A Tale of Twelve Cities and Ten Regions -- The Wealth of Nature is the Wealth of Nations: Ecosystem Services and Their Value to Society -- Global Climate Change: A Warmer and More Unpredictable Future -- Energy – The Master Resource -- Feeding America’s Cities: Putting Food on the Table in the 21st Century -- Moving Away From a Ptolemic View of the Human Economy -- Revisiting the Cities and Regions -- Summing It Up: Alternative Routes for the Way Forward. .
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 348 p. 88 illus., 16 illus. in color, online resource)
Edition:
1st ed. 2016
ISBN:
9781493932436
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3243-6
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3243-6
URL:
https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz45522532xcov.jpg
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4939-3243-6
Language:
English
Note:
IntroductionManifest Destiny and the Growth of America: Cheap Energy and Spending Natural Capital -- The Myth of Urban Self Sufficiency -- A Tale of Twelve Cities and Ten Regions -- The Wealth of Nature is the Wealth of Nations: Ecosystem Services and Their Value to Society -- Global Climate Change: A Warmer and More Unpredictable Future -- Energy - The Master Resource -- Feeding America’s Cities: Putting Food on the Table in the 21st Century -- Moving Away From a Ptolemic View of the Human Economy -- Revisiting the Cities and Regions -- Summing It Up: Alternative Routes for the Way Forward. .
